MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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